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Resolution Condemning Antisemitic Violence <br />January 18, 2022 <br />Page 2 <br />2 <br />3 <br />8 <br />2 <br />antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or perceived Jewish origin, <br />ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation, and faith, remains a persistently disturbing problem <br />in society. Members of the Jewish community continue to be a targeted minority in the <br />United States and around the world, and are consistently the most likely of all religious <br />groups to be victims of hate crimes, with these crimes increasing at quite an alarming <br />rate. <br />Modern examples of antisemitic violence include the following: <br />Aiding or justifying violence against Jewish people in the name of radical <br />ideology or an extremist religious view. <br />Making dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jewish <br />people as such or the power of Jewish people as a collective - especially but not <br />exclusively, the myth about Jewish people controlling the media, economy, <br />government, and other social institutions. <br />Accusing Jewish people of being responsible for wrongdoings committed by a <br />single Jewish person or group, the state of Israel, and even for acts committed by <br />non-Jews. <br />Increase in Antisemitic Violence <br />There has been an increase in the number and intensity of antisemitic incidents in the <br />United States and around the world, as evidenced by the following: (1) studies by the <br />Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, finding that violent <br />antisemitic attacks worldwide rose 18 percent in 2019 and shifted online in 2020 during <br />the COVID–19 pandemic, which resulted in antisemitic conspiracy theories related to the <br />pandemic proliferating; and (2) hate crime statistics collected by the Federal Bureau of <br />Investigation, demonstrating a 14 percent increase in antisemitic hate crimes in the United <br />States in 2019 and that Jewish Americans were the target of 60.2 percent of all religiously <br />motivated hate crimes in 2019, despite accounting for two percent of the population of the <br />United States. <br />Resolution <br />Attached for consideration by the City Council is a resolution (Exhibit 1) condemning the <br />recent rise in antisemitic violence and harassment targeting Jewish people, adopting the <br />non-legally binding International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of <br />Antisemitism, and pledging to be active allies of the Jewish community. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />EXHIBIT(S)